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# lampedusa - Saturday 14 July, 2018
450 migrants stranded at sea as Italy and Malta argue over who should take them
The migrants had initially set sail from Libya in a single wooden vessel.
# lampedusa - Thursday 5 June, 2014
Opinion: An EU coastguard for the Mediterranean could save lives and national budgets
There is a tragedy unfolding in the Mediterranean – and it’s not just the responsibility of southern European states.
# lampedusa - Wednesday 18 December, 2013
Italy denounced for hosing down migrants in cold water
A video showed male migrants stripped and hosed down in an effort to treat scabies.
# lampedusa - Monday 21 October, 2013
Column: Europe needs a new approach to illegal immigration
Restoring fiscal health to the eurozone remains a serious challenge, but the EU must nevertheless find a solution to its illegal immigration crisis to prevent further tragedies, writes David Moloney.
# lampedusa - Tuesday 8 October, 2013
EU demands extra search patrols as 300 feared dead in Italy migrant boat tragedy
The EU Home Affairs Commissioner is due to visit the site of the Lampedusa disaster tomorrow with Josee Manuel Barroso.
# lampedusa - Monday 7 October, 2013
Column: What's more important – borders or people?
Hundreds are feared dead after a ship carrying asylum-seekers sank in the Mediterranean – yet many Europeans, who have endured histories of emigration, have simply hardened their hearts to the tragedy, writes Fr Bobby Gilmore.
# lampedusa - Saturday 5 October, 2013
Divers hope to resume search off Italy amid fears death toll could reach 300
Rough seas have hampered the body recovery effort off Lampedusa where a boat carrying hundreds of migrants from Africa sank on Thursday.
# lampedusa - Friday 4 October, 2013
Three hundred people now feared dead after migrant boat disaster
Rescuers and local fishermen were overcome with emotion as they spoke of chaotic early morning scenes in the water off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
# lampedusa - Thursday 3 October, 2013
Doctors ‘run out of coffins’ on tragic Italian island
More than 130 people drowned in the horrific tragedy as doctors say they have run out of coffins.
At least 82 asylum-seekers dead after boat capsizes off Italian island
The local mayor of Lampedusa said 82 bodies had been recovered by emergency workers, including those of two children and several women.
# lampedusa - Monday 1 August, 2011
Migrants who fled Libya found dead on boat travelling to Italy
Twenty five bodies – all young men – have been found dead in the hold of a boat crossing the Mediterranean.
# lampedusa - Sunday 8 May, 2011
Over 400 migrants fleeing Libyan unrest rescued off Italian coast
Panicked migrants began falling and jumping into the sea after their boat was pushed against rocks off a small Italian island.
# lampedusa - Friday 6 May, 2011
Call for Italian government to improve conditions for Libyan refugees
Thousands of migrants have arrived on the small island of Lampedusa, where they face conditions that one agency describes as “wholly inadequate”.
# lampedusa - Wednesday 6 April, 2011
Boat carrying migrants sinks near Italian island of Lampedusa
200 people were on board the ship – the Italian Coast Guard says it has rescued 48 people but many are feared dead.
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Poll: Did the FAI make the right call replacing Mick McCarthy with Stephen Kenny?
THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION of Ireland yesterday announced that Stephen Kenny will take over as manager of the Irish football team immediately.
Kenny was due to take over from Mick McCarthy in August following the Euro 2020 campaign but the postponement of the tournament has hastened that move, with the former Dundalk manager taking over immediately.
Kenny paid tribute to McCarthy’s contribution to Irish football. McCarthy also gave Kenny his blessing and wished him well in his career as manager of the team.
So today we’re asking you: Did the FAI make the right call replacing Mick McCarthy with Stephen Kenny?
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Wood Quay veteran, hero of the Liberties: John Gallagher's death has deprived Dublin of one of its champions
By Donal Fallon
Gallagher, who passed away recently, kept Dublin and the Liberties in his heart.
Opinion: Should the EU's role in the Covid-19 crisis merely be as Best Supporting Actor?
By Noelle O Connell
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This week, our reader comes to terms with life in isolation on a small budget.
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